Department of Computer Science

Office hours:
No face-to-face office hours during fall 2020; Zoom sessions are available by appointment.

Arghya Kusum Das's research interest is big data management and analytics and distributed data-intensive computing.

Das has performed interdisciplinary research in the following areas:

1. Big data analytics including developing distributed and scalable software frameworks for large-scale scientific- and enterprise-data analysis (e.g. genomic analysis, healthcare data analysis, farming and dairy data analysis, etc.) over heterogeneous computing environment including cloud computing and high performance computing (HPC)
2. Distributed cyberinfrastructure development for large-scale scientific and engineering applications
3. Secure and high throughput transfer of big, sensitive datasets among geographically disparate clusters using decentralized Blockchain technology
4. Developing innovative, web-based, teaching techniques and tools to improve the quality of online data-education with hands on experience on cutting edge hardware infrastructure.

Office Hours:
MWF 11:45am - 1:00pm

Contact:

• M-R Office: ELIF 134, 907 474-7678

• Friday Office: Duckering 529, 907 474-7678

• Spring 2020 home: 907 451-1708

Office Hours:

• MTWRF 2:00pm to 3:30pm (via Zoom for Spring 2020)
  Zoom link from any browser: https://alaska.zoom.us/my/lawlor
  or in the Zoom app: 907 474 7678

 

 

Office Hours:
MWF 2:15pm - 3:15pm

By Appointment

University of California, Irvine '70, PhD

Focus areas: cryptography, computer science, computability, complexity

University of Illinois '81, PhD
     
Focus Areas: intrusion detection, computer security, systems programming, simulation